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  • Comment: The referencing requires overhauling - the inline citations are not only bare URLs but are duplicated in the general reference section. Editor needs to address this using the guidelines set out under WP:REFB. Dan arndt (talk) 05:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: You have a good start here, you'll need to work on the citations and style. If you need help please feel free to reach out to me on my talk page. Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:35, 24 October 2024 (UTC)


James Scott

James Thomas Annis Scott (31 January 1895 - 11 October 1956) was one of the first UK citizens to be awarded the George Medal.[1]Air raid warden Scott was a squad leader of the South Shields Civil Defence Rescue Service. On the night of October 2, 1941, the town centre and riverside of South Shields suffered a massive bomb attack when Luftwaffe bombers mistook a land bridge in the town for their intended target, the Tyne Bridge. 68 people were killed and 117 others suffered serious injury. A cafe was destroyed and five people were trapped in a cellar when bombs were dropped on the market place. Rescuers needed to release them before coal gas filled the area. Scott used his body as a human pillar while other rescuers dragged trapped people to safety.[2] He took the full weight of collapsing masonry and timbers on his shoulders, his body supported by a wooden stay which had been propped into the pit of his stomach. He stayed in this position for two hours until trapped survivors had been rescued. He was then lowered by rope head first through a small aperture into a cellar to rescue two other people.[3]At 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall, Scott was the smallest man in the South Shields rescue service. Scott's medal award was announced in the first awards for 1942.[4] He chose to wear his foreman's civil defence uniform when he received the award on March 24 that year.

James Scott and family
  1. ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/London_Gazette%2C_December_30%2C_1941.pdf
  2. ^ "Held up Wreckage to Save Woman". 3 January 1942.
  3. ^ "Held up Wreckage to Save Woman". 3 January 1942.
  4. ^ "'Pocket Hercules' Gets George Medal". 21 January 1942.